- December 22, 2024
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Carol and Salvatore Seda arrived at 4:15 p.m. with friends, Mary and Chris Lardie, to wait for the parade.
Bobbi Jo Corriveau, Dawn Molina, Audrey and Grace Belisle, and JoJo Ducote
Robert Corriveau gives a hearty "Ho, Ho, Ho!" as he awaits the golf carts.
A Wizard of Oz-inspired golf cart with Josh Bender as the Scarecrow, Carson Glover as the Cowardly Lion, Braelyn Glover as Dorothy, Colton Glover as the Tin Man, and Nici Taylor as Glinda the Good Witch.
Santa and his helpers drive down North Lakeview Avenue to the parade staging area.
Carts line the street leading to Dr. Bradford Memorial Park.
Angie, Cohen, Alexis and Ryan Edmondson with their Santa's sleigh golf cart.
Troy Decloedt makes an impressive Grinch with his wife, Gina.
Matt, Kaylee and Lisa Bergin topped their cart with a working Ferris wheel.
A cart equipped with bubble machine receives lots of attention.
John and Adele Cleary
A surfing Santa glides into the staging area.
Forget the golf cart, Greg Snow decorated his beard.
Jonathan Lehman decorated his golf cart with 35 Christmas trees.
Robert Moroni, Phil Glebe, Deborah Moroni, Amber Munchbach and Mason Moroni
Caleb Catlett-Miller and Shannon Starkey
A cancelation could not stop many of the golf cart drivers from showing off their creations.
Cheers rose up for every cart that drove down Plant Street.
The impromptu procession began when the hit-and-run incident by City Hall was cleared out.
Golf carts continued to make their way down Plant Street after 7 p.m.
You can't keep a good elf down.
The parade was canceled but processions proceeded as residents did their best to enjoy the 2021 Winter Garden Golf Cart Parade on the evening of Dec. 12. A hit-and-run incident by City Hall at approximately 6 p.m. led the Winter Garden Police Department to call off the festivities, but hundreds of participants had already gathered at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park. And many were determined to make the best of it.
The crowds along Plant Street were thinning by the time first responders cleared the scene and traffic had eased. Golf cart drivers had been given the bad news but as they drove their cheerful transports homeward, many could not resist an impromptu drive past the lingering bystanders. Cheers rose up for every cart that drove past.
According to a post on the Christmas Golf Cart Parade Facebook page, the event raised nearly $13,000 for charities in West Orange communities. The post includes regrets that the parade will not be rescheduled this year, but those who remained were able to enjoy some of the festive sights of the parade that wasn't.
